Tag: Shamanism

• Binaries and the Shaman’s Dreaming

  

  My mom identified as settler while my dad identified as Native. It seemed that mom had room in her sense of identity for only one part of her heritage. Dad took a more nuanced view of things, making room for his European ancestors while primarily understanding himself as Native. Because of this, there was, in…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 24, 2016

  native american, Shamanism

  Dreaming, Native American, Race, Shamanism

• Dreaming an Alternative to Blame

  It is a lovely, chilly day, one of those almost perfect late winter days filled with sun and cloud, a day when one can see a long way. I’ve been having conversations with folks recently about responsibility and blame. Mostly these discussions happen around the painful moments in people’s lives. In our culture, the prevailing…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 18, 2016

  First Nations, Healing, Psychotherapy, Shamanism, Stories

  blame, healing, Native American, Shamanism, stories

• Who The Spirits Choose

  

  Yesterday we offered a brief workshop on utilizing shamanic techniques and ideas with people who have experienced major trauma. This is a workshop that teaches very useful skills, and we offer it by donation so no one is turned away. As far as I am concerned, anyone who attends, participates actively, and focuses on the…

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 14, 2016

  native american, Shamanism, Teaching

  healing, Native American, Shamanism, spirits

• The Sacred Mundane

  

  Unlike the Western worldview in which the sacred and profane are divided, the everyday becoming profane and distant from the scared, in the shaman’s world, they are interwoven

  Michael Watson PhD

  February 6, 2016

  Climate Change, Psychotherapy, Shamanism

  profane, psychotherapy, sacred, Shamanism, Winter